#544- “hat and headgear” EditionPrevious Thread:>>2880670 janny pls…Thinking about picking up a new hobby? Want to get a memecaster? Haven't mastered the Palomar knot? Click here!http://www.pastebin.com/u/fishingandtacklehttps://imgur.com/a/1Xw3NNew Bong Fishin Guidehttps://pastebin.com/sDB5SQTqTalk about fishin
>>2882746you just know she smells like stale cigarettes and cheap wine.
>>2882749And pussy, you faggot. Trying to make excuses for why you're dicksucker...>she smells like cigarettes and wine, that's why I can't get hard
>>2882754I bet you let andrew tate tell you what to think. Only betas listen to andrew tate.
are you guys going to do that every thread?
>>2882758Probably
>>2882754well that was just rude.
Furry OPs are better
Caught a 7lb 10oz carp on a dock runner during a break in rain after work, replaced the original reel with a lew's size 75 and put 8lb braid on it.
>>2882762Yiff in hell
>>2882749she poops from there..
Rod is done
>>2882791Also caught a 13.5 inch white bass while i was musky fishing. Dude tried to take on a 7 inch flash changer.
>>2882792>>2882791Fugg
>>2882793Young predator fish are so frigging optimistic. This pike died because he choked a Rapala Original 120 so deep it gilled him, when I gutted him, he had another pike that was just a bit over half his length (19 or 20 inch pike ate a 10.5 or 11 inch pike)
>>2882794Thos white bass wasnt that ypung, probably about 3 years old with a 4-5 year life span. Cooked up nice though. I love ambitious dinks, though, its like "woah dude look at you! What do you think you're doing? What was the plan?"
Sold some stuff on eBay last night,placed a big fly tying order this morning, and went fishing this afternoon. It rained all day, so that water seemed high and was chocolate milk. What was odd, though, was that there were risers in the middle of a downpour. I caught several stocker bows and one wild brown. It felt pretty good.
>>2882799fly is gay
>>2882801You are trans.
>>2882799Thays pretty hella anon
>baja california>3 way swivel>6 inch dropper>2 ounce slinky weight>4 foot leader>kayak trolled off beachwas a cabrilla killer. making a few more to take down for the locals. I think the fish think they are tuna crabs (pelagic red) lots of spotties, sand bass and calicos on them as well. good fishing boys! have a good weekend
>>2882749Fuck yeah she does! That was the best thing about partying in college in the 2000s, all the girls smoked and had that delicious tobacco and wine cooler taste when you kissed them.
Went fishing this afternoon. I wish I wasn't as slow and low energy as I am so that I'd have more time on the water. Anyway, I got skunked. First, I was fishing a very low section. Big mistake this time of year, no fish. Then, I went super far upstream into another state even, and I saw very few fish. I moved one, but that was it. In total, I saw 3 fish.
>>2882870Nice catch, what bait did you use?
>>2882870Extra mini shrimp
>Catch fish on bridge!>Oh, catch fish on bridge....>Fish is too heavy for rod, so pull it up by hand>Line bite got me and cut open both of my palms>Can't go fishing for a whileDo I just buy one of those terrible stiff ass rods made for heavy fish if I'm going to fish off a bridge? I can't be pulling up 30+lb shit bare handed anymore.
>>2882897You're supposed to use a drop net.
>>2882897Pier net, gloves, using heavier mono, etc.Lots of options. The Pier Net is the best.
>>2882897drop net, bridge net, pier net, whatever they call itit's a net on a rope
>>2882898>>2882899>>2882900I don't live on the fucking coast these aren't a thing around here. I'll bring some garden gloves or some shit next time, but typically fish around here don't get above 10lbs unless it's fall salmon. This bridge had some monsters under it though, 3 catches all 3 over 10lbs and two over 20lbs within an hour.>Somebody called the state police on me for the first time ever and I had to sit there awkwardly fishing while he sat in his with his lights on trying to find a reason to fine me but he couldn'tNever had this experience before either.
>>2882902>I don't live on the fucking coast these aren't a thing around here.If you're fishing for big fish off a bridge, you use a drop net. Simple as. It doesn't matter if you're fishing freshwater or saltwater.
>>2882902First guy I ever saw using a drop net was fishing a powerhouse spillway in Nebraska. Mail order exists.
Fishing off the dock last night and saw these two guys hanging out on the ladder of my swim platform, think they are muskrats.
2 bluegill. 2 walleye. 1 cat. 2 drumI outfished my friends. Took 3 walleye and 1 drum home. Never had drum before, but I will tonight. Going out again today after work. It wasn't fishing; it was catching.
>>2882943zesty
only one today but he was a good one
>>2882943I mixed up the fillets last night, so I kept a drum today. I liked the drum better than the walleye, but I fucked the drum fillet up. Maybe, if I ate more or had a thicker piece, I'd feel differently. I like the greater firmness.>>2882948That's a woman.I work in a sporting goods store with that woman. So many people shit talk drum. It's super underrated.
>>2882887Ought to try Jumbos next time. Ferment em a little for effect.>>2882974>fishpostingIll drop a few, straight from the G&F book.
>>2882976Another
>>2882978Last one
Crappie haulLove this time of year can catch crappie right off my dockAlso a couple of bluegill not in the pic
>>2882974>the humble mosquitofish
>>2882985>Gee, we should introduce this fish into other environments to contain mosquitos
Kokanee really just goon themselves to death huh
Mountain whitefish
>>2882990>tfw death spiral goon sesh>The End by The Doors plays
How would (you) fish this? Looks promising but I didn't bring my waders so not sure how deep it is.
>>2883000Who the hell was dropping crawdad traps in this river that has exactly zero crawdads? Shit looks old.
for large rivers with a bit of current and a bunch of debris like branches, leaves, and garbage, would you say it's better to throw boilies closer to shore or deeper?i'm trying to get catfish in the seine river and i regularly loose my boilies
>>2882982Good fish
>>2883010oh wow, great color on that one.
>>2882956
do any of you guys have those really awesome fishing rods that have electric powered parts or screens? those are sick
>>2883039I'm only familiar with deep sea reels with screens, not rods. They are very expensive and only tell you the depth. That doesn't seem very awesome to me.
>>2882791Gonna take it out for a little casting session, see if i like it at full length or if i want to trim it down to a 10'6"
>>2883039Why would anybody need a screen on their rod? I don't even see a point in the ones those ones with the distance counter on it except for ocean shit.
>>2883043i remember seeing a video of a jap having a whole ass screen on his rod, connected to a cam on the lure and could see the fish biting itit's useless but it's kinda cool, cyberpunk-ish even
>>2883043>he doesn’t watch YouTube on his rodNot a real fisherman I can tell
>>2883000I'd try jigging a live worm on a single hook with a small ball sinkee right above it. Any deep holes I might let that just sink into that spot for a few. Also possibly unweighted crickets/grasshoppers on a hook and let it flow down naturally
any northern fellas here getting ready for ice fishing?I have a yamaha atv that I use to pull a small homemade 8x4 ice house on winch down wheels, it's very lightweight so I can get out there pretty early and its big enough to sleep in so that's all I need. For very early ice I have one of those sled pop out ice houses which is nice
>>2883042It was way too tippy, i might still cut more off
>>2883064No. Ice fishing sucks.
>>2883064In northern Ohio ice season is just a couple weeks in february so i probably wont even start thinking about it until near christmas>>2883077It do be on the rotisserie. I also put an extra coat of epoxy on a couple eye guide wraps that had some surface flaws, to level them off and clean stuff up. Hopefully i dont need to trim it again.
>>2882746My ex bought a cheap fishing pole from Walmart once. On the very first cast the entire thing fell apart in her hands. It was some serious loony tools shit
>>2883093>cheap fishing pole from Walmartwalmart actually has some serviceable rods and combos if you know what to get, their prices for line and lures are robbery though
>>2883111
HypotheticalFor whatever reason, you can only have one rod/reel combo for the rest of ever, only able to replace it if something breaksWhats your one true setup?Im heavily torn between a 7 foot medium light spinning rod with a 3000 size reel and a 7 weight medium fast fly rod, so must further ponder.
>>28831168ft heavy with a 6000 sized reel>can use it for pier fishing (most of what I do)>can use it for surf fishing>can use it for fishing from a boat>can even use it in freshwater for throwing glidebaits
>>2883117About right for me as well.
>>2883116>you can only have one rod/reel combo for the rest of everi have a bamboo rod that belonged to my great grandpa, i don't use it anymore because i don't trust too much the ligature, it's not relaminated just plain bamboo, about 4meter three pieces, it can throw any lure from 3gram spinners to 100gram hard lures just as well so it's kind of nice, he used it for carppaired with picrel, because it got a stupidly strong drag for it's size, this one is my spare part donor, the other is on the disassembled tray waiting it's turn for a full renovation
Parks and rec or a very dedicated mexican cut down 3 trees that block overhead casting at my favorite place to fish. They downed them in the river, and now it's absolutely fucked my best fishing spot. I'm actually kind of mad? They were the only thing keeping that bank from eroding, too, I don't know what they were thinking.
>>2883116I put it up to a coin yoss, and RNGesys proclaimed spinfaggery, and so my ine rod would be a 7 foot medium spinning rod with 20lb braid and a 2500 or 3000 size reel. The only reason im not a little upset at the loss of the fly rod is that i can use the spinning rod to jig bigger ice fishing lures (spoons, lipless crank baits, hyperglides, etc) in the winter where if i chose the fly rod hard water would be basically off the table
>>28831166’6” MH 4 piece, spinning, size 3500 reel.It would be kind of boring on panfish and small stream trout, but I’m too much of a pike and laker enjoyer to got any lighter than this.
Anyone have expensive tackle or is this cheap combo general?
>>2883145There are people doing things like big swim baits and Loomis or Evergreen rods, but most people spend less. Most of my rods are St. Croix and my “expensive” lures are Rapala, personally.
>>2883145expensive tackle and cheap combo are both extremes, most have normal tackle somewhere in betweenpersonally i like vintage gear, i wish i had picrel because it look goofy with it's extra wide spool because it have no back and forth spool movement
>>2883145I have>shimano twin power sw 6000>shimano saragosa 6000>shimano sustain fj 3000>shimano stradic fl 3000>daiwa lexa 300 hd (for glidebaits)>quantum cabo 6000 (close to a shimano 10k size)
>>2883150forgot one more>avet mxj
Also, here's a protip. Buy tackle from digitaka and wait for shimano to intruduce a new lineup so you can get the previous years models on clearence. The same twin power 6000 that I paid 300 something bucks for costs over 600 if I bought it in the US. The savings are kind of deminished with the tarriff bullshit now but it's still a good deal and as long as you buy a model that's exactly the same model number as a US model you can easily get the spare parts.
also, here's protip. buy cheapo beatup decades old reels off ebay or similar and fix them upwill cost a lot less and reel in line just as fine
>>2883150>shimano tp sw 6000>shimano stradic xg 4000>shimano miravel awe're eating good shimano chads
>>2883115For a dwarf, she's pretty hot. Her limbs aren't deformed. This should be the OP instead of some skank with plastic surgery holding her cuck's fish.
>>2883116One rod? A 10 ft 3 WT euro rod with a machined euro reel. If I thought about it longer, I might prefer an 8'6" 4 WT with an appropriate reel or a 4 WT euro rod.
>>2883145Bruh. I have $1k+ fly rods. My ultralight rods are Daiwa, and my "normal" rods are St. Croix. They aren't Triumphs either.
>>2883077It casts way better now>>2883145>expensive tackleWould you consider a full custom switch rod and 200+ dollar reel 'expensive'?
>>2883145Suck my cock, faggot.
i wouldn't put a grand on a single piece of tackle, not even half of that, it's tools in the endi'm not buying some fancy polished titanium hammer with velvet grips just to hammer some nails
Anyone got side scanning sonar?It looks like it’s almost cheating you can see all the fish around youI kind of want it for ice fishing, auger a hole, spin the sonar to find where the fish are then walk over and put your hope right above them Too bad they are like $3k but I am tempted anyways
>>2883193If you specifically want it just for ice fishing a forward facing sonar will work better, itll actually tell you how far away the fish are and be easier to read "Oh there's a school of fish 80 feet that way let's go"
>>2883145>expensive tackledoes it catch more fish?
>>2883198Thanks I’ll look into it
>>2883209Can you show me the good fish you've caught with your cheap tackle?
has anybody here successfully introduced black bass to a river? how much time it would take?
>>2883218$40 piscifun reel $40 berkley rod
>>2883209When it comes to lures, absolutely. I have some JDM lures that outfish some of the cheaper lures 10 to 1.
>>2883145The seething proves it's the later
>>2883218i've posted in the past plenty of fish caught with vintage reels you could find second hand cheaper than an entry level reel
>>2883227I don't consider quality vintage reels to be cheap tackle. Cheap tackle is the lowest of the low end shit you find at big box stores.
>>2883221>some JDM lures that outfish some of the cheaper lures 10 to 1hard to believe unless you have a very specific case like a target species, i mean some species would by anything if it move like pikes
>>2883218$30 spinning combo
>>2883230I've had days where I'm catching 3-5lb bass left and right with a jackhammer chatterbait, tie on a regular zman chatterbait with the same trailer and they don't give a shit then I tie back on the jackhammer and start catching fish again. A lot of these expensive JDM lures have really good actions that simply get bit more.
>>2883229not long ago i saw a mitchell 324, the first all metal model, almost new in it's original box, for about 12 eurosi hesitated buying it despite already having one, it's honestly one of my favorite late 60s reel
>>2883232anon said good fish
>>2883233As someone who fishes local tournaments this is 100% true and it’s the reason why so many people are willing to pay the premium
>>2883236Another example. Hover strolling a deps sakamata shad gets bit way more than hover strolling the zoom winged fluke.
>>2883236it's placebo, nothing work better than livebait anyway
>>2883238>placeboYou are objectively wrong it has been long known that the action of a lure is one of its most important characteristics way more than its color
I can't really get into the idea of fishing because it's so immoral. I mean luring a hungry wild animal with food and ripping its jaw apart on a hook just to be thrown back bloodied and battered is just a bit too much, just kinda violent ya know
widespread frost tonightplentiful sunshine tomorrowgonna be a nice weekend
>>2883276My 3 favorite fish
>>2883279Fun ones to catch.
>>2883280Cobia are fun because they're amongst the easiest fish to catch once you actually find them. They'll eat almost everything you throw at them. The hard part is finding them.
>>2883284Good eating as well
Here are some jigs I made. 2 oz jig heads from the jig stop and 2.5 oz heads from bird of prey. I used pro-tec paint on all of them and baked them in an oven. Used both feathers and real bucktail.
>>2883291*cobia jigs
>>2883291They look nice. I would use them in my kit
>>2883243
>On Sept. 5, 2009, Sean Konrad of Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada, battled and boated a 48-pound rainbow trout, claiming the title of biggest ‘bow ever caught. He was fishing at night, slowly back trolling an X-Rap Jointed Shad (XJS13) in Bonito (BTO) color pattern.>The fish, possibly a triploid (a strain of fish genetically altered for optimum growth), is pending certification, but is significantly larger than the existing world record… 43 pounds, 10 ounces, caught in 2007 by Sean’s identical twin brother, Adam Konrad.>The twins, gainfully employed as auto mechanics, are trophy trout seekers who also guide clients in their quest for the fish of a lifetime. Both world record rainbows came from Diefenbaker Lake, in Saskatchewan
Give me a list of your most effective lures
datamining chinaman, do not reply
>>2883304wing lao ching chong pao tell me your best lure zhu tao
i got some catfish from a chinese store, pretty nice meat, a shame there arn't in my place naturally
my best brown until now ;)
second best. Both catched from land, alone and without net. Miss u dad
>>2883415>>2883416Somd right proper chromed up sea trout
>>2883415very nice
Cool!
>>2883145All my reels are $250-$450
>>2883485Yet I outfish you with my 30 dollar combo why is that?
>>2883486Lmao, and why do you think that you cringy poorfag?
>>2883486NTA, but how do I know that you aren't baiting? How do I know you are outfishing me? Let's just say you are catching fish pretty good in the same place and at the same time as me. How do I know you're having as much fun as me with that grindy reel?
Why does having decent gear set off so many people here?
>>2883493i think a lot of people don't want fishing as a whole to become pretentious asshole central like fly fishing where every piece of gear is overpriced because retards fall for itand in all fairness, expensive reels don't catch fish better, it's just more comfortablein the end tackle are tools, not a luxury item
>>2883495Not really, the cheap reels I have owned didn't last in the salt. I've destroyed several cheaper reels over the years even with fresh water rinses and maintenance. I've had the gears completely destroyed on a low end penn. Also many cheap reels have shitty drag which will cost you fish. I've lost good amber jack due to stuttering trash ass drag. All of my shimanos have held up well and the most I've had to do was swap one bad line rollers.
>>2883495>all fairness, expensive reels don't catch fish better, it's just more comfortableThis only applies to people fishing for species that don't actually fight hard like LMB or panfish.
>>2883496i don't remember ever suffering stuttering drag, even on my old reels with with carboard and felt washers, drag was probably too tight>>2883498would you consider carp and catfish something that don't fight back?
>>2883498You can catch marlin and tuna on $80 reels. They won’t last as long as the $600-$1000 reels, but if you have offshore money, you’ll be able to upgrade if you decide to keep after it.
>>2883501Arn't modern okumas actually very resilient for their low price point, even the saltwater ones?
>>2883506Yeah, but since Covid, they are $200, not $50.
>>2882746So, a woman with an attractive body causing a lot of pain and even death to sentient beings... that's not sexy. The concept is polluted.
snagged me favorite lure in 10+ft of water with only 4lb line. it would cost me $30 to replace it because it was a limited run color. I'm fuming.
>>2883509they still have reels in the $50 price range tho
All anyone needs is either a mid range modern reel or a vintage reel that was built to last.Anything cheaper will either suck to fish with or not last and anything extremely high end outside of special conditions is a total waste.These special conditions being people catching seriously big fish offshore, shark fishermen or northeast striper fisherman that fish while in the water and would benefit from a fully sealed real like a van staal.
>>2883522i've got some low end okuma, an alaris als-30 i got for 40 euros and a baitfeeder abf-40 i got for 60 euros, i got cheap reels i wouldn't mind being thrown without too much care in my travel bag and i've been pleasantly surprised how well they perform, and so far still good as newnow i can't say about salt damages since i used them for freshwater but still
I've had a shimano sienna 2500 and nasci 3000, but the cheap $35 sienna has seen a lot more use and abuse in saltwater, thrown around rocks and sand and it is still smooth as it can be after 5 years.
>>2883531I just got a sienna 4000. it feels pretty good for the price and claims 19 pounds of drag
>>2883531My sienna 2500 didn't last, it started making a clicking sound like it broke a tooth in the gear after one bull red.
>>2883522People put way too much thought and money into reels when quality rods are far more important when it comes to lures. For the average angler any mid range spinning reel price wise from Daiwa or Shimano should cover most bases
>>2883545I won't argue with this. The rod is way more important and that's what most of your money should go to.
>>2883209Yes. Cheap hooks can bend out, rust quick, break off after a good take, or miss bites from being too dull. Cheap plastics can snap with little give. Cheap plugs don't swim right and are glorified key chains. If you want to go cheap honestly Aliexpress has better quality than temu. It doesn't have deals as good as the latter but so far I've had very few complaints with aliexpress lures. I buy a lot of cheap lures, jigs and terminal tackle from there in bulk because I fish very snaggy structure like jetties and lose 4 to 5 lures on an average session to snags so I'd be burning money if I bring out the rapalas and savage gears every time
>>2883547That's a lie all soft plastics and hard baits are pretty much the same exact thing you're only paying for the brand name
>>2883548It really depends what you're referring to because I buy cheap chinese lures from brands like Spinpoler, Mukun, Tsurinoya, Kingdom and Hunthaus and they all work great. But you have to be careful with the unbranded Temu "great deals" shit packs, for example I bought a box of 20 crankbaits of supposedly the same model, the hooks were mismatched cheap garbage that rust out after one cast, and the plugs themselves were pure ass, some of them floated while others sink. You just need to be very selective when going cheap is all I'm saying.
>>2883562No freaking way... Is that..?
got that new rod
>>2883240This. I'm always more of a presentation and action will outfish any color. I've never really understood color aside from using more flashy shit for waters with horrible water clarity.
>>2883566He cute
>lures with good actions are a placebo because they just are>all soft plastics and hard baits are pretty much the sameThis is googan central.
you can catch pike on an unpainted square piece of wood with a hook on ityou can catch pike with a kitchen sponge rigged on a deadbait rigpikes sometimes eat my carp boilies off the bottom
>>2883520Not ones I’d recommend for marlin or tuna.
>>2883597i think we can say these go in the special category another anon mentioned previously
There's a creek on the way to my cabin (not really) that I've fished once. I hooked into a monster brown and popped it off when it jumped. It was a big football. My boss and I were talking about the creek, which I forgot about, and he was telling me, inadvertently, about some big fish in there. I decided to go there today because of my schedule otherwise. I probably should've gone farther upstream to find the browns, but I caught some big chubs and quite a few rainbows in a short venture. Tomorrow, I'm going to fish some private land I got permission for.
>>2883582I stopped buying the colors meme when I was night fishing and caught fish back to back on clear lures. Fish hunt either through scent or vibrations, visuals have little to no influence in most instances
>>2883588Im targeting them and getting bass instead, whats the wacky senko equivalent for pike?
>>2883620>Fish hunt either through scent or vibrationsthat depend, ambush predators like pike can rely a lot on eyesight, colors are still a meme thonoise too is a factor, for giant catfish we have a tool to wack the surface water to bring them in, picrel, the shape bring a bubble in and the specific noise of it mimic large prey diving or something like that>>2883626bigger lures maybe? pike are also sensible to sound, maybe one of these soft plastic rig with a spinner in front? or try deadbaiting, i don't think bass would eat deadbait?
I wouldn't say colors are a meme, it's just less important. If the fish are keyed in on a particular baitfish and you're throwing a lure the same color as it you typically get more bites than something that doesn't look like it. I've experienced this before with a buddy throwing a bluegill color rattle trap and I'm throwing a gold one. I caught way more bass than him.
>>2883616Its always cool when you can get big chubs to chase bog streamers>>2883620>Fish hunt either through scent or vibrations At night, yes. Many fish during the day in decent water quality rely heavily on sight though. That said, lure colour is a meme and the most important things are size, profile, and action. >>2883626What are you throwing currently? I usually run big streamers or big inline spinners for pike, depending on if im using gear or fly.
>>2882746Would you use this brand of fishing line?
>>2883640
>>2883641>>2883640That line works, i use it, it sucks as a mainline solely because its relatively thick and stiff compared to higher end monofilament, but for leaders its great
What's everyone's favorite braided lines? I sufix 832 and diamond gen 3.
>>2883644I run power pro almost exclusively
>>2883645I still use power pro on some reels but I like 8 strand braids better, they quieter through the guides and cast further in my experience
jbraid, yozuri or reaction tackle
kastking braid was so bad I took it off my reel and returned it after one trip
>>2883641Absolutely hate this stuff for a main line. I only use it as cheap backer material when spooling on braid. If you want to use mono for your main line get some berkley trilene or sufix elite.
>>2883654How was it bad?I want to take a minute to shame Maxxon, a fly fishing brand. You probably have never heard of them. They make dogshit products. If I bought the Maxxon fly rod I was debating on buying instead of the Echo Lift Kit I ended up with, I probably would be living a very different life. The store I work at sells them. The rep is annoying. I got some free Maxxon nippers a couple years ago. I used them because I dropped my Umpqua nippers, also free, somewhere in my car. The Maxxon nippers don't even cut fluorocarbon. I try to steer everyone away from Maxxon products. I think my store will be phasing them out. Good riddance. It's a shame Fly Fish Food picked them up recently.
A small garage resin glide bait maker was having a big sale and I grabbed one. Looks great for 40 bucks especially when most glide bait makers charge a fortune. I need to test the action and put some fish on it.
>>2883665The line got fuzzy really fast and I started getting non stop random break offs. I thought I must have a chipped eyelet and nope everything was fine. Spooled up some power pro and never had issues again using the same exact rod.
>>2883668Thanks for the review. I was never going to get KK braid, but now, I have good reason to stay far, far away.
>>2883669It could have been a bad batch but I don't care enough to give it a second shot when there are already so many better options on the market.
>>2883665That seems like something that can be fixed by a few passes on the front of the nippers with a knife sharpening stick
>>2883673I don't see how. It's not like I can take the nippers apart to sharpen them. But even if I could, this is a brand new product that can't even cut 5X fluoro.
>>2883629>What are you throwing currently?chatters and big shads
>>2883668Damn that sounds worse than spider wire.>>2883680Yeah try some other stuff like medusas and big ass inline spinners, amd also hig spoons
>>2883669get reaction tackle if you want something cheapi haven't used their 8x but the 4x works well for throwing into slop
Once you go JDM braids you don't go back. x braid, daiwa samurai and varivas are so nice its unreal.
>>2883706Zukibo nanofil is also really good for the price. I've had some spooled on my stradic for about a year and it still casts like butter
This is going to be miserable to cast lmao its like half an ounce
>>2883711>This is going to be miserable to cast>its like half an ounceit's fine really, more than enough for a spinneryou can also add a splitshot before the leader, were you'd put a weight on a carolina rig
*cut DT floating line in half to cheap out*
>>2883688>big ass inline spinnersgot a nº4 one, will try that
>>2883717
>>2883717what the fuck, just use a wooden stick or some rock you just found
>>2883720I just stomp 'em with my foot.
>>2883712No its specifically "weightless" for my 11 weight, its only hollow beads, wire, and blade with flashabou/bucktail. I tried to make the bucktail part as bushy and wind resistant as possible to try to sort of weight balance it a little.>>2883715No thats actually a thing, its also a great way to make shooting heads>>2883716Big inline spinners are goated for esox>>2883720>>2883722>not blasting them with a 12 gauge>mfw
Caught 2 fish on a white marabou jig I made in 5 minutes using craft feathers lol
>>2883720i had been looking at importing an ikejime kit from japan but they're kinda expensivei was just using an old awl for a while, then pic related became available on us amazonmuch larger than you'd need for trout / panfish but i go saltwater sometimesthe spike also folds up into the handle so it's easier to pack and not poking everything
>>2883751just use a folding knife
>>2883759i'd rather not when i'm on rocks below the high tide line getting battered by the surf with korkers and a wetsuit on
>>2883760the pick isn't exactly safe either in that situation
